FHSAA 1A State Meet Boys Recap

FHSAA 1A Boys 4x800m Relay

Indian Rocks Christian 7:57.23

The 4x800 meter relay race for 1A boys had 3 teams coming in with season best times at 8:04 in Indian Rocks Christian, Oak Hall School, and Cambridge Christian. There was bound to be a push for not only a close finish, but the first sub 8 minute performances of the season and some for their program ever.

The race ultimately would come down to the end on anchor leg between two of the top seeds later in the open 800 in Mateo Luna of Indian Rocks Christian and Asher Dobrin of Oak Hall. The race for the title would be between last year's state champions in the 4x800 meter relay (Oak Hall) and this fall's state champions in cross country (Indian Rocks Christian). 

Luna would ultimately outduel Dobrin on the anchor leg to give the Indian Rocks Christian boys another program first in winning the 4x800 meter state title in a 7:57.23 school record time and Oak Hall also breaking 8 minutes for the first time in 7:57.93. It would not be the last time that Luna and Dobrin would face off on the day.